streamer

noun

stream·​er ˈstrē-mər 

plural streamers

1

a

: a flag that streams in the wind

especially : pennant

b

: any long narrow wavy strip resembling or suggesting a banner floating in the wind

c

: banner sense 2

2

: one that streams digital data (see stream entry 2 sense transitive 3)

The rub, of course, is that music streaming isn't a terribly profitable business, due mostly to the royalties streamers must pay to labels and artists.

—Dan Gallagher

The app's audience peaked at 2.4 million concurrent streamers…

—Yoree Koh

3

a

: a long extension of the solar corona visible only during a total solar eclipse

b

streamers plural : aurora borealis

Synonyms

• flag
• banner

Examples of streamer in a Sentence

streamers in the team's colors hung from the top of the stadium

Recent Examples on the Web

Bautista has been making Amazon one of his prime destinations, with Highlander just the latest feature project for the streamer. —Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025

And for fans who won’t make it in person to the tour this time around, the band is teaming up with Samsung TV Plus to broadcast five of their tour stops live on the streamer’s brand-new Samsung Television Network (STN). —Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025

In late 2023, Disney paid $8.61 billion for Comcast’s 33% stake in the streamer. —Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025

The streamer’s most popular English-language series ever, Wednesday, flew back onto the Top 10 last week at No. 6 with 2.7M views, no doubt fueled by the incoming Season 2 premiere on August 6. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for streamer

• beamer
• creamer
• dreamer
• femur
• lemur
• reamer
• schemer
• steamer
• redeemer

Kids Definition

streamer

noun

stream·​er ˈstrē-mər 

1

a

: a flag that streams in the wind

especially : pennant sense 1

b

: a long narrow wavy strip suggesting a banner floating in the wind

2

plural : aurora borealis